Hair curler



May 15, 1923.

' A. w. ROSSBERG HAIR CURLER Filed May 18. 1922 IN VET/TOR /W/ZMW Patented May 15, 1923.

attain rarer ALBERT W. ROSSBERG, OF ST. PAUL, ItIINNESOTA.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed May 18, 1922. Serial No. 561,960.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. Rossnnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and state of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hair curlers and the object is to provide a light, simple and eflicient device for producing curls or waves in hair in a short time and with minimum effort.

In the accompanying drawings;

Fig. 1 is a top or flat side view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. l with dotted lines indicating the device folded.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the device in position for curling a lock of hair.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged sectional elevation as on line in 2.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, my device comprises a main clamping member preferably made of spring steel bent to form two arms 6 and 7 of unequal length, and a third spring arm 8 having one end hingedly connected to the former spring arms at their junction 9, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. I

In the main clamping member the arm 6 is shorter than arm 7 and the free ends of said arms are normally spread (see Fig. 2), the arm 7 having its free end recessed transversely as at 10.

Arm 8 has its free end formed with an inwardly bent hook 11, slightly tapered.

By swinging the two members about their common pivot 9 the ends of members 6 and 7 can be broughttogether and the recessed end of thelonger arm 7 will engage the hook 11 of member. 8 and the said members 6 and 7 will be held close to and in parallel relation to member 8 (see dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3). Member 8 may be curved normally away from members 6 and 7 when the device is closed and by pressing on said curved portion, thereby tending to straighten and lengthen it, the hook 111 is forcedaway from contact with arm 7 which is thus re leased.

The junction of arms 6 and 7, as at 9, is merely two spaced eyelets 9* and a cross bar 9 (Fig. 4) between them, formed by stamping two spaced slots 12 longitudinally in the metal before bending. Said bar 9 is pivotally engaged by the eyelet 13 formed on the reduced inner portion 14 of the arm 8.

The device is used as follows:

The operator grasps a lock of hair 15 near the scalp and gathers the outer ends together, as at 16, then the arms 6-7 of my device, in free position, are slipped over the hairsnear said gathered ends, the spread ends of 67 are then pinched together by the fingers 17 of one hand and the device is rolled toward the scalp, bar 8 being extended as shown in Fig. 1, thus winding the hair about the bars 6-7, until the device is as near the scalp as desired (see dotted lines in Fig. 3). To hold the device in the latter position, arm 8 is swung around on its pivot and hook 11 engaged by the recessed end of arm 7. The process is repeated with a number of the devices until the operator has curled the desired amount of hair.

A curler is removed by simply disengaging hook 11 and extracting the device, leaving the hair in waved and curly condition according to the length of time the curlers have been applied.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a main member of resilient material comprising two flat, smooth and integral arms of unequal length and normally spread apart gradually to their free ends, a second'member comprising a curved extended arm of resilient material pivotally connected to the main member at the junction of its arms and adapted to be swung into coacting relation with the longer arm of the main member and engaging means on the free end of the second member for holding it in said coacting relation.

2. The structure specified in claim 1, said holding means comprising a hook on the free end of the second member adapted to be engaged by the longer arm of the main member.

3. The strilcture specified in claim 1, in which said holding means comprises a hook on'the free end of the second member adapted to be engaged by the longer arm of the main member, and said end of the longer arm of the main member bein recessed transversely and said hook having a tapered end adapted to be engaged by said re cessed end of the longer arm of the main member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my sig nature.

ALBERT W; ROSSBERG. 

